>Hi Everybody.
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>I have an application and I wish that it should not be pirated.

Consider that digital copies are free, and unlike "pirating" (robbing ships and directly taking physical cargo that cannot be replaced by making an exact digital copy for free, or in truly harming or killing a human being -- both things are very, very baf)... copying helps both your and your neighbor. You establish sharing with each other. You grow together.

How is that a bad thing? The product is already written. It exists, has been debugged. The developers either volunteered their time, or were paid for theirr labor to get it this far.

What exactly will be lost by letting people copy it for free?

What you're really talking about is control, your desire to forcibly control your self-constructed, invisible fortress, the one which will enable you to figuratively "sit on a beach drinking pina coladas" while earning ongoing income from a prior work without additional labor (after all, digital copies are literally free, using the hardware and network services you already possess).

Sounds a lot like banking ... possess something desirable you're willing to hoard ... UNLESS someone pays you your going rate for it.

It's exactly like banking ... "something ... for nothing ... other than controlled possession."

The only true form of pirating that exists is taking that ONLY copy in existence by breaking into a ship at sea in International waters and looting it. And that doesn't happen.

You want the only 100% accurate way to prevent people from making illegal copies? Don't make it illegal to copy. Give away the program and source code, and put a "Donate" button which links to a generic pay site.

What you're trying to do is wrong, Harsh. Consider how wrong it would be if the technology existed to make zero-cost copies of a sandwich, or a clean glass of water, yet it was withheld from helping people unless they paid.

That's what you're doing ... but with the knowledge, special skills and talents God gave you. You're hoarding that creation from your neighbor, which costs you $0 to copy, unless they give you something in exchange, rather than sharing with your neighbor for free, giving everybody the increase.

This world has us doing it wrong. We have to recognize the wrongness, stand up on principle, and right it.

All knowledge, experience, opportunity and inspiration is a gift from God. He gave us freely. We should also give others freely. After all, God gives to all, even bankers, the sun, the rain, the plant and animal growth, the raw resources, everything ... for free. It exists for all. It is only this harming desire to possess something to control it for personal gain at the expense of others, which gums up the works.

It shouldn't be like that.